Swiss Watching trivia, No 20: Parliament
August 20, 2010, 1 Comment
Switzerland may be 719 years old but its parliament only dates back to the Federal Constitution of 1848; the building itself (in Bern)...
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Switzerland may be 719 years old but its parliament only dates back to the Federal Constitution of 1848; the building itself (in Bern)...
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As well as grappling with German grammar, re-learning to cross the road properly, and overcoming my innate desire to form an orderly queue, I have spent the last few years exploring the bits of Switzerland I’d never heard of before. And eating lots of chocolate.
The result was Swiss Watching, the book that became a bestseller. This website carries on from that, with facts and photos about Switzerland, and my insights and thoughts on Swiss life.